Palliative Care

Local Palliative Care Grants Program Round 5

Palliative Care for people with a mental illness, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

PDF printable version of Local Palliative Care Grants Program Round 5 (PDF 11 KB)

Organisations approved for funding

• Hunter New England Area Health Service
• University of Western Sydney
• Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong
• HammondCare
• Palliative Care Association of NSW
• Amaranth Foundation

NT
• Department of Health and Families

QLD
• Uniting Church in Australia Trust (Q)
• The Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane
• Queensland University of Technology

SA
• Lyell McEwin Palliative Care Service
• Flinders University (1)
• Flinders University (2)
• Southern Adelaide Palliative Services
• Resthaven

TAS
• Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania

VIC
• Mercy Health and Aged Care Inc.
• Palliative Care Research Team, Monash University
• Deakin University

WA
• Central Institute of Technology
• Alzheimer’s Australia WA Ltd.
  

  Program/Initiatives

  • The Australian Government's National Palliative Care Program

  All Program/Initiatives

  Publications

  • Community Attitudes Towards Palliative Care – Summary Report — August 2006
  • Community Attitudes Towards Palliative Care 2006
  • A Systematic Review of the Literature on Complicated Grief
  • Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care - Enhanced version
  • Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Resource Kit

  All Publications

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